Healthy Blender Recipes

Learning To Eat Allergy Free’s Gluten Free Nut Free, Soy Free Vegan Avocado Chickpea Quickbread

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  • 1 ½ cups gluten-free flour blend (192 grams)
  • 1 cup hemp milk
  • 3/4 cup garbanzo bean flour (90 grams)
  • 1 medium avocado (mashed) (1/2 cup)
  • ½ cup light brown sugar
  • 3 Tbsp sunflower oil
  • 1 Tbsp lime juice
  • 3 tsp Ener-G egg replacer mixed with 4 tbsp warm water
  • 3 tsp gluten free baking powder
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • ½ tsp xantham gum
  • ¼ tsp Celtic sea salt
  1. Preheat your oven to 180 / 350 F.
  2. Mash the avocado until it is mostly smooth.
  3. Combine the dry ingredients and set them aside.
  4. Combine the wet ingredients in your stand mixer on a low speed.
  5. Add the avocado and blend for a minute on a medium speed.
  6. Slowly add the dry ingredients and blend on a medium speed until smooth.
  7. Pour this batter into a well greased loaf tin.
  8. Bake at 350 degrees for about 42-44 minutes.
  9. *This makes a smooth bread that can be served with strawberry jam for breakfast, sliced for sandwiches at lunch, or served as a side with dinner. YUMMO!


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Piggy Cooking Tips

select perfect avocados

A ripe avocado will have a dark brown/green skin that yields just a little under pressure. Place your thumb on the top of the avocado and it should have a slight give. Really soft avocados have an unpalatable flavour and the brown discolouration indicates the presence of free radicals. I always buy my avocados rock hard so that I can control the ripening process on my bench top. Then I can check them every day and get them “just right”. I buy rock hard avocados every day and have a rotation so that I have at least one that is perfect for consumption every day! To slow down the ripening process place the avocados in the fridge once they are ripe and they should keep for a few days.